Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$228,821

Total expenses

$157,884

Contributions and grants received

$223,145

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3,092

Other revenue

$2,584

Total assets, end of year

$535,153

Total liabilities, end of year

$10,609

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$524,544

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$119,859

Management and general expenses

$21,633

Fundraising expenses

$16,392

Program service expenses (Part III)

$119,859

Program services were 75.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• ORGANIZED AND SUPPORTED COMMUNITY CONSERVATION ACTION INITIATIVES: COLLABORATED WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ON A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS ON A HABITAT HOME AND EXPLORED OPTIONS FOR EXPANDING THE PROGRAM; PARTICIPATED IN LEXINGTON'S ADVISORY GROUP ON THE CITY BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN; MONITORED BENTHIC WATER QUALITY INDICATORS, CHEMICAL INDICATORS AND BACTERIA, AND SALT IN AREA STREAMS; COLLABORATED WITH 3NORTH AND KENDAL ON LANDSCAPE PLANS AND TRAILS FOR KENDAL AND SUNNYSIDE PRESERVE, INCLUDING THE BRUSHY BLUE TRAIL SYSTEM; PARTNERED WITH THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE TO DESIGNATE THE 1ST OLD GROWTH NETWORK-RECOGNIZED OLD GROWTH FOREST IN ROCKBRIDGE, PROVIDED PARKING AREA DESIGN, AND HOSTED A PUBLIC OPENING CEREMONY; CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VOF GO GRANT TO DEVELOP THE UNCAS TRAIL; ORGANIZED VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST WITH REMOVING NON-NATIVE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES FROM THE SUNNYSIDE PRESERVE; COLLABORATED WITH DEQ AND JMU TO DOCUMENT WATER QUALITY IMPACTS OF LAKE MERRIWEATHER ON THE LITTLE CALFPASTURE RIVER; SERVED ON THE ALLEGHENY BLUE RIDGE ALLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP CONSERVATION HUB GIS DATABASE RESOURCES FOR KEY REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INCLUDING POTENTIAL WATER QUALITY IMPACTS FROM THE PROPOSED THE ROCKY FORGE WIND POWER PLANT AND PFAS CONTAMINATION FROM LAND APPLICATION OF BIOSOLIDS; ORGANIZED THE 28TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP AND PRESENTED THE LITTER CUP FOR THE MOST TRASH COLLECTED; CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND PRODUCED A WHITE PAPER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON THE VA PLASTIC BAG FEE PROGRAM; STARTED A PILOT NEIGHBORHOOD COMPOSTING PROGRAM AND EXPANDED IT TO TWO COLLECTION SITES; POLLED RESTAURANT OWNERS AND EVALUATED OPTIONS FOR REUSABLE TAKE-OUT FOOD CONTAINERS; SUPPORTED THE EARTH MAGIC GLASS RECYCLING START-UP AND EXTENSION OF SERVICE TO LEXINGTON; ORGANIZED ADDITIONAL WASTE REDUCTION, REUSE, AND RECYCLING OPTIONS AT THE COMMUNITY HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY; VOLUNTEERED TO ASSIST THE JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION WITH E. COLI MONITORING AT BEN SALEM WAYSIDE ON THE MAURY RIVER DURING SWIMMING SEASON; INSTALLED PET WASTE DISPOSAL STATIONS ON WOODS CREEK RRAIL WITH GRANT FUNDING FROM UJRC&D; PARTICIPATED IN THE SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO EXTEND STATE SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATION TO THE LOWER HALF OF THE MAURY RIVER; AND DESIGNED A FIELD STUDY OF PFAS IN ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA TECH.

  Expenses $119,859

• COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON LOCAL CONSERVATION ISSUES: HOSTED ZOOM SEMINARS AND POSTED RECORDINGS ONLINE ON: PFAS "FOREVER CHEMICALS", STAR GAZING, DARK SKY LIGHTING, GIVESOLAR PROGRAM, HOW TO CREATE A CARBON SINK, BIOCHAR, ROTATIONAL GRAZING, THE VIRGINIA GREEN PROGRAM, AND COMPOSTING; RESPONDED TO INQUIRIES ON CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; COLLABORATED ON THE DESIGN AND MANAGED SANDY THE SEA TURTLE'S EDUCATIONAL DISPLAY ON REDUCING PLASTIC WASTE INCLUDING AT RC'S COMMUNITY FESTIVAL BOOTH; PROVIDED TECHNICAL REVIEW AND EXPERT INPUT ON THE LEXINGTON PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) ORDINANCE AND W&L MASTER PLAN REVISION; SERVED ON THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) FOR THE PCB TMDL FOR THE MAURY RIVER; PARTNERED WITH THE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA ON A STATE-WIDE CONSERVATION FORUM ON PFAS; PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S SUMMER READING PROGRAM ON OCEANS OF POSSIBILITIES; HOSTED A SOLAR HAPPY HOUR WITH SOLAR UNITED NEIGHBORS (SUN) TO KICK OFF THE READY, SET, SOLAR PROGRAM IN ROCKBRIDGE; DEVELOPED A WHITE PAPER RECOMMENDING PROVISIONS FOR COMMERCIAL-SCALE SOLAR POWER PLANT ARRAYS IN ROCKBRIDGE; PUBLISHED THE RIDGE AND RIVER NEWSLETTER QUARTERLY AND ESTABLISHED A BLOG ON LOCAL CONSERVATION ISSUES.

• OTHER OUTREACH AND PROGRAM SERVICES: FACILITATED A MEETING WITH UNCAS TRAIL PROPERTY OWNER AND MAURY SERVICE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT DISCHARGES FROM THE POTW; ORGANIZED AND PARTICIPATED IN THE ROCKBRIDGE WASTE REDUCTION ROUNDTABLE; PUBLICIZED LOCAL CONSERVATION EVENTS AT THE NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK AND ELSEWHERE IN RC'S BI-WEEKLY ECOEVENTS CALENDAR; SUPPORTED THE FRIENDS OF BRUSHY HILLS; REVISED THE ROCKBRIDGE CONSERVATION BROCHURE AND LAUNCHED A NEW WEBSITE; CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRGINIA SAFE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR COALITION ON BEHALF OF THE ARCADIA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR; PARTICIPATED IN THE ROCKBRIDGE AREA OUTDOORS PARTNERSHIP; PARTICIPATED IN THE VIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK PFAS WORKING GROUP AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE 2024 OUR COMMON AGENDA WHITEPAPER; ATTENDED VCN AND VALCV UPDATES ON CONSERVATION ISSUES AND ALERTED RC MEMBERS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT; COLLABORATED WITH MAIN STREET LEXINGTON ON THE CAUGHT GREEN HANDED PROGRAM; ASSISTED DEQ WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS TO DEVELOP TMDLS FOR MILL AND MOORES CREEKS; CELEBRATED RC'S 48TH YEAR OF CONSERVATION WITH A PUBLIC GATHERING FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING AND PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL CONSERVATIONS AWARDS; AND CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN AND MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT OF THE ROCKBRIDGE FARM BUREAU, ROCKBRIDGE LEXINGTON BUENA VISTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, VALLEY CONSERVATION COUNCIL, AND VIRGINIA CONSERVATION NETWORK.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

4 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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